Rdio has long offered its US users the option to stream free music, but international users have had to shell out for one of the service's paid plans. That's changing today, as Rdio has just announced that nearly all of its users in other countries will be able to stream free music from the...
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Next Sunday the Super Bowl will take over US airwaves in a spectacle of pigskin and expensive commercials, but HBO is using some tools in its digital arsenal to battle the scheduling conflict. HBO has made next Sunday's episodes of both E...
Image-based social network Pinterest has announced it's experimenting with one of the site's key features: its visual design. In a blog post today, software engineer Vy Phan writes that the site will be testing out the new look with a "small group of people" very soon. Navigation is a large part of the redesign, with categories moved to the left — complete with minimalist icons — providing...
Sports are already pretty big on Twitter, but the iconic social media ampersat is making its way into the real world in a more intimate way at the University of Akron in Ohio. Photos leaked on Twitter show that the Akron Zips' new black Nike jerseys will feature the team's Twitter handle on the back; CBS Sports reports that the ads will be placed on both men's and women's basketball jerseys for a "social media night" on February 2nd. It's not clear if the addition will be permanent — the school's uniform announcement doesn't mention the Twitter tags — and we've asked the university to clarify its plans.
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